Kwak is sentenced for the rest of his life to a longterm care facility. barely able to exist. let alone live a normal life. Well. now what has happened? He was not able to take the oath of naturalization because of his condition. We asked the Immigration and Naturalization Service to outline a special circumstance for this individual and to permit him to be conferred a citizen of the United States. even without taking the oath. because of the circumstances. He could not raise his arm and do the natural things that are required to undertake an oath of naturalization. The INS refused to do this. saying that the book by which they conduct their naturalization actually requires. and there is no straying from it. according to them. no veering away from it. that he must take the oath. We pointed out that we have attended many naturalization services where an infant. a young child is held in the arms of a parent who is an American citizen and the citizenship is conferred on this youngster who could not know what the meaning of the oath of office that was undertaken by his parent. Is that not similar. we said. Here is an individual who. because he was shot in the head. would not be able to understand the oath of allegiance to the United States. but nevertheless all of us who know that he passed the examination and was that split second short of being able to become an American citizen.
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